Gold Sound is your source for new & used tube audio including power amps, integrated amps & phono preamps with superior sound quality, reliability & value. Rogue & Bellari are 100% U.S. made.
You might ask, "Why do people still want tube amplifiers?" Most guitarists prefer almost any tube guitar amp over almost any solid state amp. Audiophiles love the imaging & midrange of tube amps. New tubes are easy to find from many sources. Tubes can last many years. Our Vincent amps have a two year parts & labor warranty, including all tubes.
Most Vincent amps are hybrids, using both tubes & transistors. The 236 integrated amp has a tube preamp with a solid state power amp. This gives you the best of both worlds, the imaging & delicacy of tubes with the power of solid state. "Vincent's driving passion is to build serious high-performance audio products that are eminently affordable." ABSOLUTE SOUND
A customer greatly preferred our new $1000 Rogue Metis tube preamp over a new $3000 McIntosh preamp. The Rogue was quieter, had better imaging & better bass control. Our new tube equipment can sound better & cost less than classic audio equipment. New equipment gives you the benefits of a two or three year parts & labor warranty, remote control, better quality capacitors & other internal parts, plus gold RCA inputs & double banana outputs.
We display these tube amps:
ROGUE AUDIO METIS Preamp
VINCENT SA31 Preamp
SP331 Power Amp
SV236MK Integrated Amp
Thanks to you, our customers, we continue to grow for 34 years. Here are reviews on some of our products.
QUAD TUBE AMPS
HI-FI CHOICE chose the top hi-fi of all time, including a Quad Tube Preamp & Amp. The only other tube amp chosen costs over 10 times more.
QC24 Preamp $899 "First-rate imaging; lively, engaging, remarkably neutral." ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
RATED in SAME CLASS as amps for over $7000; EXCEPTIONAL VALUE "Exhibiting timbral beauty, spatial honesty & deep emotional involvement, there isn't a sweeter amp on earth; it's beautiful." STEREOPHILE RECOMMENDED 10/07
Quad II Classic Power Amp, $2700/pr. "A real honey. Delicious rich, smooth & colorful midrange. Renders strings, voices, winds, saxes & more with sweetness, delicacy & beauty." ABSOLUTE SOUND RECOMMENDED
QUAD II 80 Amp mono, originally $11,400/pair; now $8998/pair, One of the top 10 designs from 2008 Consumer Electronic Show "This 80 watt monoblock tube amp follows Peter Walker's traditions & philosophy & the result is a winner. It has the grunt & low impedance to drive many a difficult speaker & is an ideal match for Quad's own line of electrostatic speakers." ENJOY the MUSIC.com 1/08
ROGUE AUDIO TUBE AMPS
METIS Preamp [includes phono preamp], $995 "Dynamic liveliness & harmonic richness of good tubes. Sound balanced & finely resolved from top to bottom." ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
"Low price & impressive sound; I've owned several of their products; recommended. Upper end transparency & smoothness & a tight bottom end with an ability to keep the sound clean when cranked up. Acts, feels & looks like a high end preamp, but it is priced at a lot less than what an audiophile would expectfor this level of performance." AUDIOPHILE VOICE 3/07
ATLAS POWER AMP, $1495, 55W/ch "When I got this amp, I didn't know its cost. After examining its high grade steel chassis, silver anodized face plate, chunk of brick transformers, I guessed $5000. All Rogues are tested for 24 hours & retested. We tested 100W/ch 4 & 8 ohm. A spectacular success - lively, enjoyable, ideal entry to High End on a budget." STEREOPHILE RECOMMENDED 3/07
Exceptional Value, STEREOPHILE RECOMMENDED 4/10
"Low price & impressive sound; I've owned several Rogues; recommended. Upper end transparency & smoothness & a tight bottom end with an ability to keep the sound clean when cranked up." AUDIOPHILE VOICE 3/07
STEREO 90 Power amp, 90W/ch $2295 "The best of modern tube virtues - famous sugar & spice midrange, clear extended sweet highs & powerful bass. Soundstage is particularly fine; extremely satisfying." ABSOLUTE SOUND RECOMMENDED 5/06
VINCENT
"The German company Vincent was established in 1995 with the goal of placing high end sound within reach of the common man. The question of how to make the high end affordable was answered by its founder, Uwe Bartel, using a business model, which while innovative for its time has become common-place today: Design products in the West & have them built in China. This marriage of German engineering & Chinese manufacturing proved quite successful. Mr. Bartel, an electronics engineer, had no problem designing interesting audio gear & Vincent's attractive mix of good sound & value gained momentum & global market share. Even though these products' fit, finish & elegant aluminum chassis exude a distinct high end look, the price is quite affordable by high-end standards & well below the onset of sticker shock. Vincent's quality is more than skin deep, as a glimpse under the hood will reveal. Note that Russian rather than Chinese tubes are used exclusively." [Some well-publicized tube amp manufacturers only use Chinese-made tubes, which are notorious for a very short life expectancy & lots of unit-to-unit variability.] ABSOLUTE SOUND's GUIDE TO PREAMPS & POWER AMPS
VINCENT INTEGRATED AMPS GERMAN DESIGNED & PARTS
All integrated amps include Remote Controls
SV129, list $900, now $799, 50W/ch solid-state, "Delivers music's essence. An immediate, communicative midrange leads to burnished tone colors, explosive dynamics, tight, forceful bass, fine ambience & depth retrieval." ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
SV236mark II, $1995, RATED in the SAME CLASS as $6100 AMPS. 150W/ch/8 ohm; 250W/ch/4 ohm; remote control; tube / solid state hybrid "Outstanding build quality & parts. It has 3
12AX7 tubes & 6 line level inputs, treble & bass
controls & a loudness button. It produced a full-bodied, self-assured sound with good bass & a nimble rhythmic presentation. It's the kind of component that gives me hope for this great hobby." STEREOPHILE RECOMMENDED 4/10
"This well-built amp combines the best of two worlds by using a vacuum-tube preamp to drive a solid-state power amp. Listener's will appreciate the combination of deep, powerful, authoritative solid-state bass & tube-fueled delicacy, shimmering detail & almost surround-like imaging." ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
V60, $4995, all tube, INTEGRATED AMP of the YEAR, 2009 "The V60 is as beautiful to listen to as it is serious to behold. From the heavy aluminum chassis & massive power supply to the silken midrange transparency & airy top-end, this conservatively rated 60 watter is pure high end. It's also thoroughly modern, sporting a hands-free bias-voltage & current control that's fully automated, compensating for the wear of each tube." ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
The midrange, from the tiniest interior detail to the most extroverted dynamics, is authoritative,
substantial & almost Technicolored in its saturation. It captures acoustic timbres, harmonics & textures in a way that is nothing less than breathtaking." ABSOLUTE SOUND 9/09
VINCENT PREAMPS GERMAN PARTS & DESIGN
SA31, list $650, now $599, "A well-made entry-level vacuum-tube preamp with tone controls & a loudness contour switch. The preamp's sound is characterized by a rich, seductive midrange & hearty & solidly weighted bass. Terrific bang for the buck." ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
SAT8, $2500, "This tube preamp is about bass precision, spacious soundstaging, speedy transients, pure midrange textures & rhythmic drive. Microdynamic nuances are reproduced with commendable conviction. A rare musical blossom at this price & an absolute steal considering its twin virtues of crystalline clarity & ample boogie factor."
ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
"An absolute steal at its price; nothing else at this
price point comes close. It made a very positive first impression." ABSOLUTE SOUND 1/09
VINCENT POWER AMPS GERMAN DESIGNED & PARTS
SP331, list $1300, now $1199, 150W/ch/8 ohm; 250W/ch/4 ohm; POWER AMP of the YEAR, 2007 "One of the best-sounding sub-$2k amps. A hybrid tube / solid-state amp combines the richness & subtlety of fine tube designs - especially through the midrange - with the sheer low frequency grunt, control & agility of a good solid-state amp. In the treble it sounds slightly softer but also more delicate than solid-state amps in its price range." ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
"One of the sweetest deals in high end audio today. Midrange subtlety & richness in spades; a delightful holographic 3D presentation that reveals the finely contoured edges of notes." ABSOLUTE SOUND 1/08
SPT800, $4799/pair, 200W/ch/8 ohm; 320W
/ch/4 ohm; POWER AMP of the YEAR, 2008 "A remarkable performer. Its tube signature shines through clearly in the midrange. Soundstage dimensionality is superior to conventional solid-state. It closely fullfills the promise of a hybrid design: Tube magic with plenty of bass crunch & drive in one nicely gift-wrapped chassis."
ABSOLUTE SOUND EDITOR'S CHOICE 3/10
"Delivers tube magic at an eminently reasonable price. The hybrid design results in a rock-solid bottom end that tube amps simply can't approach. Kudos to Vincent for shifting the economics of high-end audio within reach of the working man."
ABSOLUTE SOUND 1/09
VINCENT TUBE HEADPHONE AMP GERMAN DESIGNED & PARTS
KHV1, list $900, now $799, "Adept at conveying power, heft, nuance & grace. Impressed by its testicular fortitude; drove both sets of reference headphones with plenty of headroom. Excellent measured performance." STEREOPHILE RECOMMENDED 4/10
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